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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2023

Visibility of Pulmonary Valve and Pulmonary Regurgitation on Intracardiac Echocardiography in Adult Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot.

Ichiro Sakamoto, Kenichiro Yamamura, Ayako Ishikita, Kisho Ohtani, Shintaro Umemoto, Hidetaka Kaku, Yuzo Yamasaki, Kohtaro Abe, Tomomi Ide, Hiroyuki Tsutsui

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. SCAI Position Statement on Intracardiac Echocardiography to Guide Structural Heart Disease Interventions.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions · 2025
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ichiro SakamotoDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Kenichiro YamamuraDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Ayako IshikitaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Kisho OhtaniDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Shintaro UmemotoDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0900-8626
Hidetaka KakuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Yuzo YamasakiDepartment of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3191-6321
Kohtaro AbeDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Tomomi IdeDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Hiroyuki TsutsuiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Kyushu University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP 22K08208
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary regurgitation (PR) is a risk factor for sudden cardiac death in adult patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). However, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) cannot fully visualize the pulmonary valve (PV) and PR. We investigated whether intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) could visualize the PV and PR better than TTE. Thirty adult patients with TOF (mean age 33 ± 15 years) scheduled for cardiac catheterization underwent ICE. The visualization of PV and the severity of PR were classified into three grades. ICE depicted the PV better than TTE (ICE vs. TTE: not visualized, partially visualized, and fully visualized: n = 1 [3%], n = 13 [43%], and n = 16 [53%] vs. n = 14 [47%], n = 13 [43%], and n = 3 [10%], p < 0.001). Especially in patients after pulmonary valve replacement (PVR), the PV was more fully visualized by ICE. The assessment of PR by TTE underestimated the severity of PR in comparison to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (severe PR: 8 [28%] vs. 22 [76%], p = 0.004), while there was no discrepancy between the results of ICE and MRI (21 [72%] vs. 22 [76%], p = 1.000). In comparison to TTE, ICE can safely provide better visualization of the PV and PR in adults with TOF, especially in patients who have undergone PVR.

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intracardiac echocardiographypulmonary regurgitationpulmonary valvetetralogy of Fallot

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PMID36661919
PMCPMC9861915
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